On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 21:27 -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:
On 9/6/06, Bart Schaefer barton.schaefer@gmail.com wrote:
been having sporadic instances where the screen simply goes black for about 2 seconds. It has nothing to do with whether I'm using the mouse or keyboard (or not)
Just in case anybody was paying attention to this ...
I was. But had nothing to offer. That is common here.
Evidently the blanking has something to do with the machine being on a KVM switch with another computer (which happens to be a Mac Mini, but that doesn't seem to be relevant as it was powered off). I thought I had ruled out the KVM before I posted the first time -- among other things, why would rebooting the linux machine fix a failure in the KVM? -- but the problem has not recurred since plugging the monitor directly into the computer.
This isn't 100% conclusive because I've gone days or weeks without this happening in the past, but it's the first time I've gotten the problem to go away without rebooting.
I have mine on KVM, NP. But, IIRC, when I first joined there were some postings about some KVMs causing this type of problem? Search the archives. I *think* you'll find this is not unknown and not even that uncommon. I seem to recall that some brands were mentioned as being more likely to have this problem? Belkin??? Don't quote me though.
I guess I should admonish you to search the lists first? I know it's more work, but the list archives are sometimes less silent than this place. And frequently faster to give you an answer on "oddball" problems.
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HTH -- Bill